Year-Round Programs

The Woodstock Film Festival (WFF) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that nurtures and supports emerging and established filmmakers, sharing their creative voices through an annual festival and year-round programming to promote culture, diversity, community, educational opportunities and economic growth. WFF provides innovative mentoring and inspired educational programs benefitting filmmakers, students and diverse audiences, while serving as a powerful cultural and economic engine for New York’s Hudson Valley and beyond. The Festival is centered in the historic arts colony of Woodstock, with additional events held in nearby towns including Kingston, Saugerties and Rosendale. It celebrates the art and craft of filmmaking with screenings, panels, and events throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley.

EDUCATION

The 2nd Annual Filmmakers Residency/

Incubator took place this year during the month of MAY. In collaboration with Theoria Foundation and White Feather Farm with additional support from Gigantic Pictures, four emerging filmmakers of diverse and underrepresented backgrounds came together to develop their individual full-length narrative and documentary films, each addressing social justice themes. With guidance from the program’s artistic director, artistic consultant at large, four mentors, and numerous guest mentors, the residents focused on developing their film projects throughout the month. By the end of the Residency, the filmmakers had developed a cohesive foundation for their projects, and left ready to embark on the actual making and/or completion of their films. Following the Residency, participating filmmakers will return to the festival where they will sit on a panel and showcase some of their work.

The 5th annual Woodstock Film Festival Youth Film Lab

successfully came to completion in JULY of 2022. Underwritten by an anonymous donor, the annual Summer Youth Film Lab has grown in 2022 from a three-week summer intensive filmmaking bootcamp for Hudson Valley teens to a year-round program for the teens that culminates in the summer intensive. Lab students are guided through every stage of the filmmaking process, from inception, to production and post-production, in a series of individual courses taught by film industry professionals and program instructors. This year, following months of students workshops and mentorship during the school year, the summer filmmaking intensive concluded with two films produced by this year’s cohort. Both films are documentaries that focus on socially relevant topics that impact the city of Kingston’s community. The public can catch the films at the 2022 Woodstock Film Festival during the Teen Screening block. In MARCH, the Woodstock Film Festival held a sold-out

Virtual Masterclass on Pro-

ducing, hosted by indie super producer, film professor and former Amazon Studios executive Ted Hope (American Splendor, The Wedding Banquet, The Tender Bar).

PROGRAMS

DECEMBER 2021 In December, the Woodstock Film Festival presented a special screening of Megan Mylan’s Simple as Water, courtesy of HBO Documentary Films, followed by Q&A with the film’s producer. Also in December, WFF collaborated with the beloved Hudson Valley theater group Actors & Writers for a staged screenplay reading of Sebastian Stuart’s Janet’s Planet. Two additional film screenings also took place in December: The First Wave, courtesy of National Geographic Documentary Films that was followed by Q&A with the film’s director, subjects and crew. WFF also proudly presented an intimate screening of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s critically acclaimed drama Drive My Car, courtesy of Janus Films. FEBRUARY 2022 In February, WFF presented a special evening with Mary Stuart Masterson, screening her 2007 feature directorial debut The Cake Eaters at the beautifully scenic Hutton Brickyards Winter Pavilion in Kingston, NY. A moderated conversation and Q&A with the award- winning actress and director closed out the evening. MARCH 2022 In March, WFF hosted an Oscars Viewing Party at White Feather Farm with support from Jane Street Art Center and William Gottlieb Real Estate. Also in March, the Woodstock Film Festival hosted a sold-out screening and Q&A event with actor/ director Matt Dillon and his 2002 thriller and directorial debut, City of

Ghosts.

MAY 2022 In May, the Woodstock Film Festival held a special fundraiser for Ukraine with the screening of the 2021 documentary National Museum, directed by award-winning Ukrainian filmmaker Andrei Zagdansky. Proceeds were donated to the filmmaker’s charity of choice, Cash for Refugees. SUMMER 2022 Throughout the summer, WFF set up their merch booth and mingled with the Hudson Valley community at various festivals and farmers markets.

In July, the Woodstock Film Festival returned to the beautiful Greenville Drive-In for a special preview screening of multiple awards winner I Love My Dad, written, directed, and starring James Morosini, courtesy of Magnolia Features. AUGUST 2022

In August, WFF collaborated with Chronogram magazine for a special networking panel to discuss The State of Film/TV Production in the Hudson Valley and Beyond, sponsored by Ulster County Economic Development. Also in August, in collaboration with Upstate Films, WFF screened the HBO documentary film, Endangered, directed and produced by Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing. SEPTEMBER 2022

In September, the Woodstock Film Festival co-hosted an exciting gallery opening and photo exhibit at the Renzy Gallery in Kingston, NY to celebrate the upcoming world premiere of The Picture Taker, showing this year’s Woodstock Film Festival. Also in September, in collaboration with Upstate Films, WFF screened Moonage Daydream, a colorful and artful documentary that effectively pulls you into the world of David Bowie and his influential music, directed by Brett Morgan and released by Neon. in September, WFF held its first Youth Film Lab Showcase, screening short films by the Lab students from the past five years.

HEADQUARTERS RENOVATIONS

In 2022, the Woodstock Film Festival embarked on major renovations of its headquarters, restructuring and redesigning its main first floor offices, making them sustainable, handicapped accessible, modern and user friendly. With phase one complete, additional phases, turning the adjacent four-bay garage into a public event space, redoing the building’s exterior, and more will come once the necessary funding is in place. Come visit!

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